Smart innovations on MFT

[nw60312]

These are the brackets I was trying:https://precisiondogs.us/collections/frontpage/products/varibracket

Not what they were intended for, but one of the cool things with all the tracks being the same....

 

[Artthetoolman]

  I bought a Dashboard and received it about February 20th.    After only 2 1/2 months of experience with the Dashboard, I wouldn’t want to be without it.   
Because I own 2 MFT’s  and have built a modified Paulk bench (3 feet x 6 feet), I was reluctant to buy another bench.    After watching the videos at www.dashboardpws.com, I was most impressed and jumped at the offer to buy a early unit.   
It is obvious that the Dashboard was designed by a carpenter; all the frustrations I have experienced with the other benches have been worked out.
Here’s what I love about it most:
1)  it is rocksolid with no wobble
2)  all four legs are adjustable to easily set it up on uneven ground
3) The door/panel supports make it effortless to put doors at a comfortable working height for mortising hinges
4) The fence provides continuous support of the stock, even directly behind the guide rail.  (This is true as long as the stock is 3/16 of an inch or thicker .    The guide rail support hinge needs to be lowered for stock less than 3/16 of an inch).
5) The guide rail hinge and front support is a precisely machined marvel.    The guide rail support bracket and hinge is also available separately for homemade benches .
6)  Setting up the guide rail to be square to the fence couldn’t be simpler. It literally only takes a few seconds and requires no fuss. I found it to be 100% dead on.    Rob Schumacher (master mind behind the Dashboard)  has developed an ingenious method for squaring the fence.   
7) It is lightweight, about 45 pounds, and has a large tabletop, 24 x 93 inches.  I’m a tall,skinny guy and I have no difficulty moving it around. 

Rob Schumaker is a model entrepreneur.  He has high integrity and offers first class support for the dashboard and is an absolute pleasure to deal with. 

In summary, I highly recommend everyone who is interested in a high-performance workbench to check out the dashboard.    I have a very well-equipped workshop, the  Dashboard is undoubtably one of the best investments I’ve made in tools. 

Disclosure: I paid full price for my dashboard and have no financial interest. I did not know Rob until I bought a dashboard. The reason behind this post is simply because I have found this bench to be such a solid improvement to my workflow  and highly recommend it to all those routinely work with wood .

Should anyone have any particular questions or thoughts, feel free to message me here.   

 

[ChuckM]

Between the dashboard ($1300 US) and STM1800 ($1300 Cdn), if I were in the market for another shop toy, I'd go with the dashboard given its versatile and precision features, even though it'd cost more.

 

[Jerry Ostashevskyi]

These are the brackets I was trying:https://precisiondogs.us/collections/frontpage/products/varibracket

Not what they were intended for, but one of the cool things with all the tracks being the same....

Just to clarify, our Varibrackets were designed as the support brackets for Incra T-track plus extrusions and Precision Parallel Guides. They can be used as a support for a Track saw if you switch a Knob that secures Vari bracket to extrusion with a 1/4"-20 thread screw (0.75" length). All our Varibrackets come with these screws now, but for those who purchased them prior these screws can be picked up in any hardware store with your choice of drive ( panhead, hex, etc)

On another note, I did have a pleasure to interact with Rob from Dashboardpws a few times and its ongoing. Though I am not a user of his system, but we do collaborate. Seeing how passionate and attentive to details he is is inspiring. A real pleasure to deal with!